Sergey Geybel (born 25 October 1981) is a competitive Russian

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specializing in

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events. He is a former

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holder in the 4×100-metre medley relay and the 4×50-metre medley relay. He won a

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at the 2008 World Short Course Championships as part of the world-record-setting finals relay team in the 4×100-metre medley relay. He also won two silver medals and one bronze medal over the course of his career in the 4×50-metre medley relay at the European Short Course Championships.

Career

2006 European Short course Championships

At the

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, Geybel placed eleventh in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 27.65 seconds.

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(9 December 2006)
"2006 European Short Course Championships Helsinki (FIN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Total Ranking"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. In the 100-metre breaststroke he swam a time of 59.53 seconds in the final, placing sixth overall.

(8 December 2006)
"2006 European Short Course Championships Helsinki (FIN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. He also swam the breaststroke leg of the 4×50-metre medley relay in the prelims and the final, splitting a 26.87 in the final to help the relay place fifth overall.

(7 December 2006)
"2006 European Short Course Championships Helsinki (FIN): Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2008

2008 World Short Course Championships

In April of 2008, at the 2008 World Short Course Championships in

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, Geybel started competition in the 100-metre breaststroke where he placed thirteenth in the semifinals with a time of 59.48 seconds, just two spots behind

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of the

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, and did not advance to the final of the event.

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(9 April 2008)
"9th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Manchester 2008: Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. For his second event, Geybel ranked seventeenth in the prelims heats of the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 27.57 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals.

(9 April 2008)
"9th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Manchester 2008: Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. In his third and final event of the Championships, Geybel swam the breaststroke leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay, splitting a 57.93 in the final to help his relay teammates,

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(backstroke),

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(butterfly), and

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(freestyle), win the

and set a new

, European record and Russian record in the event at 3:24.29, which broke the former world record set by the United States relay consisting of

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, and

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, by eight tenths of a second.

(13 April 2008)
"9th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Manchester 2008: Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Finals Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021."World Short Course Championships: Flash! Russia Sets World Record in Men's 400 Medley Relay; Ryan Lochte Ties Career Medal Mark"
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''. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2008 European Short Course Championships

Geybel won a silver medal in the 4×50-metre medley relay at the

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, swimming in both the prelims and final of the event and helping the finals relay achieve a time of 1:33.31 in the final to earn the silver medal.

(11 December 2008)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Rijeka 2008: Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. In the 100-metre breaststroke he placed eleventh overall with a time of 58.90 seconds.

(11 December 2008)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Rijeka 2008: Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. He also competed in the 50-metre breaststroke, where he placed fourteenth in the semifinals with a time of 27.28 seconds that did not qualify him for the final.

(13 December 2008)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Rijeka 2008: Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2009 Salnikov Cup

At the 2009 Vladimir Salnikov Swimming Cup in

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, Geybel helped set new world, European, and Russian records in the 4×100-metre medley relay at 3:19.16, swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay with a split of 56.43 seconds while Stanislav Donets swam backstroke, Yevgeny Korotyshkin swam butterfly, and

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swam freestyle, to help topple the former record set by the United States relay team of

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, and

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."Salnikov Cup: Flash! Russian Foursome Breaks World Record"
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''. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2010 European Short Course Championships

At the

2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held 25–28 November 2010 at Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet featured competition amongst national teams from Europe, in 38 short course (25m) ...

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in November, Geybel tied for ninth place overall with a time of 59.24 seconds in the 100-metre breaststroke.

(25 November 2010)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Eindhoven 2010: Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. For his other individual event, the 50-metre breaststroke, he placed sixth in the final with a time of 26.98 seconds.

(27 November 2010)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Eindhoven 2010: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. In his one relay event of the Championships, the 4×50-metre medley relay, Geybel helped earn the bronze medal with a finals relay time of 1:34.25, splitting the breaststroke leg of the relay in 26.51 seconds.

(25 November 2010)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Eindhoven 2010: Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2011 European Short Course Championships

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, at the

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool. The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final f ...

in December, Geybel ranked eighth overall in the prelims heats of the 100-metre breaststroke with a time of 58.90 seconds, though he did not advance to the semifinals as he was not one of the top two fastest Russians in the prelims heats for the event.

(8 December 2011)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Szczecin 2011: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Swimming the breaststroke leg of the 4×50-metre medley relay, he helped the finals relay achieve a time of 1:33.86 and earn the silver medal in the race, splitting a time of 26.47 seconds.

(8 December 2011)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Szczecin 2011: Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Geybel was the highest ranking Russian in the final of the 50-metre breaststroke, placing seventh with a time of 26.84 seconds.

(10 December 2011)
"European Short Course Swimming Championships Szczecin 2011: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2012 World Short Course Championships

At the 2012 World Short Course Championships in

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in December, Geybel competed in one event, the 50-metre breaststroke, where he placed eighth in the final with a time of 26.87 seconds, was the highest ranking Russian swimmer, and missed out on making the podium by 0.54 seconds to

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who captured the bronze medal in 26.33 seconds.

(16 December 2012)
"11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2012 Istanbul: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2014 World Short Course Championships

At the 2014 World Short Course Championships in

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, Geybel swam in the prelims and the final of the 4×50-metre mixed medley relay, helping the finals relay achieve a fifth-place finish in a time of 1:38.93 by splitting a 26.20 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.

(4 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT) 2014: Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Geybel split a 25.96 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50-metre medley relay in the prelims heats, helping the prelims relay of him, Stanislav Donets (backstroke),

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(butterfly), and

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(freestyle) set a new world record in the event at 1:32.78 and advance the relay to the final ranked first overall.

(4 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT) 2014: Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.Shivakumar, Varun (4 December 2014)
"Russia Breaks 4x50 Medley Relay World Record At Short Course World Championships"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. The finals relay, which did not include Geybel, placed fourth and no relay members, prelims nor finals, won a medal in the event.

(4 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT) 2014: Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. In his individual event of the Championships, Geybel ranked eleventh overall and did not advance to the final of the 50-metre breaststroke with his time of 26.54 seconds.

(4 December 2014)
"12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Doha (QAT) 2014: Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2015 World Masters Championships

On 13 August 2015, as part of the year's

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held at the

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, Russia, Geybel set a new masters world record in the long course 50-metre breaststroke for the 30—34 age group with a time of 28.24 seconds.Marsteller, Jason (13 August 2015)
"Czech's Jan Ziegler Posts Barrier-Breaking World Record in 90-94 Division at 2015 FINA World Masters Championships"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

2022: Two times banned for being Russian

Following the

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in February 2022, Geybel was banned by

indefinitely from their competitions starting on 3 March and by

from their competitions effective at least from 21 April to 31 December 2022 as a means of keeping all Russians and Belarusians in-check by the international governing bodies (LEN - Europe; FINA - World)."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
''

''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. The times he and other Russians swam at other competitions during the year FINA did not count towards world records nor world rankings.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

International championships (25 m)

: Geybel swam only in the prelims heats.

World records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

split 57.93 (breaststroke); with

(backstroke),

(butterfly),

(freestyle)
split 56.43 (breaststroke); with Stanislav Donets (backstroke), Yevgeny Korotyshkin (butterfly),

(freestyle)
split 25.96 (breaststroke); with Stanislav Donets (backstroke),

(butterfly),

(freestyle)

Masters world records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Awards and honours

* ''

'', Top 12 World Masters Swimmers of the Year: 2017Brien, Taylor (2 April 2018)
"World Masters Spotlight: Rick Colella & Sergey Geybel"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geybel, Sergey 1981 births Living people World record setters in swimming Russian male swimmers Russian male breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)